Help! I’m Supposed to Present Now but My Computer Is Dead! (Presented at PASS Summit on October 28th, 2015)

1. Help! I'm Supposed to Present
Now, but My Computer Is Dead!
Cathrine Wilhelmsen
LT-104

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Please silence
cell phones

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4. You worked on your session for days, weeks ... maybe even months. You've
rehearsed and triple-checked every demo, memorized ZoomIt keyboard
shortcuts, and timed your presentation. Your programs are open and ready, all
personal information has been cleared from your start screen, and all
notifications are turned off. You brought a bag full of cables and gadgets, water,
and even swag for attendees. The room is full and everyone is staring at you.
You're all set and ready to present...
…and then your computer dies.
What do you do?
Session Description

5. Cathrine Wilhelmsen
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@cathrinew
cathrinewilhelmsen.net
Data Warehouse Architect
Business Intelligence Developer

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10. Help!
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11. Cry
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12. Cry
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Panic

13. Cry
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Panic
Quit

14. Cry
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Panic
Quit Continue

15. Cry
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Panic
Quit Continue

16. How do you continue?
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17. Cheat!
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18. = Prepare for the worst
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19. HA / DR
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(High Availability and Disaster Recovery for Presentations)
≈

20. Slide Deck and Demos
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22. What?
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Hidden slides with screenshots of demos
Recordings of all demos

23. When?
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Demo gods are angry
Interwebz is slow

24. How?
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…and many, many more!

25. Bonus!
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Slide deck is full of useful content for
attendees who view or download it later
…and you have a recipe for your demos!

26. Files
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28. What?
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Backup online
Backup on USB drive
Backup on secondary device
Backup on paper

29. Wait, backup on paper?
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Yep! Print out your slide deck

30. When?
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Power is gone
Projector is dead
Fire in building
…aren't you happy you have lots of screenshots in your slide deck now?

31. Timing
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33. What?
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Rehearse with demos
Rehearse with slide deck only
Rehearse with no computer at all

34. No computer?
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Know your content by heart
Prepare questions and discussions
Practice how to explain on a whiteboard

35. If everything fails…
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36. Don't Panic!
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37. …pretend like it didn't
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39. Thank You!

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